Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-20
TROD ON THE WRONG TAIL
The Speaker and Assistant Sergeant
alarms Of the House of Repre-
sentatiyeS Arrested.
The House asserts It's Authority and
Newspaper Correspondents Lodged
in the County Jail.
an Attempt to Test the Validity of House
Resolution Meets With Impr1sOn-
menr for Contempt.
TIE GEOLOGICAL BILL.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March 19-The bill to
establish a geological survey for the state
came up in the House this morning. Mr..
Bill of Cooke made q motion to postpone
indefinitely, which occasioned a debate
upon the necessity of such survey; it's
practical benefits TO the state and its
constitutionaliUy. During it's considera-
ton a letter from the Geological Depart
ment at Washington to Senator Coke,
setting forth the great advantages to the
state OF Texas in the creation Of a geOlO-
giCaI survey and profferng valuable as
sistance in the way of furnishing maps
and other auxiliary aid by the govern
ment survey was read. To this letter
was also appended 8 letter from Senator
Coke setting forth the great advantages
to our state if she CO-Operated with and
accepted the assistance offered by the
general government. During the progress
Of the discussion some of the opponents
of the bill attempted to kill it by ridiCule,
but met prompt rebuke from the friends
of the bill, who quoted incidents recorded
in all ages Of the history of the world
where men ridiCuled ana sCOffed at the
Efforts of science to advance the interests
of mankind by studying the laws of
nature and searching after the hidden
treasures of the earth.
Mr.. Richardson, Mr.. KirliCks and Mr..
B cOwning were especially prominent in
their support, and Mr. Bell and Mr.. Steele
were equally prominent IN opposition to
the bill.
Further discussion was dispensed with,
and the bill gave place 10 other business
having preference in point of order.
BEFORE THE JUSTICE. OF THE PEACE.
Speaker PendletUD and Assistant Ser
ge2ut-at-Arm5 Montgomery were arrested
this morning and appeared before Justice
TegeneT to answer to the charge OF an
correspondent Of the San Antonio
Express. These arrests grew out
IF the exclusion of MIR. Garfield from the
House Of Representatives for the publica-
ton Of articles rejecting on the personal
appearance of members, and the suisse
quent attempt Of Mr.. Garfield to enter the
lobby Of The House and the refusal of the
Assistant sergeant-at-Arms, uuder in
structiOns of the Speaker not to permit
him to enter. The complaint, emitting
the formal part, charges that Mr.. George
c. PendletOn and Mr.. Montgomery, on
or &7out the 1st day OF March, did unlaw-
fully and wllfullly upon H. S. Garfield
make an assault. Speaker PendIe-
ton and Mr.. Montgomery ap-
peared before Justice Tegener at
II a. m. with their counsel, E. T. Moore
and r. V. Bell of Cooke, but other bust
| ness having precedence the case was con-
tinued until o'clock .. m. When the
hour to convene the House arrived the
Chief CLERK, viii Lambert, announced
that the Speaker had been arrested by
justice of the peace, and it was necessary
to elect Speaker. Mr.. J. n. Browning
was elected by unanimous consent.
Mr. Johnson of Smith then offered the
following resolution:
Whereas, it has come to the knOwl-
edge of this House that the Hon.
George c. Pendleton, Speaker of
this House, was to-day arrested
by virtue of warrant by Fritz Tegener,
Justice of the Peace in and for Travis
county, Tex, on the affidavit of H. S.
'anfeld charging him, the said George c.
pendleton, with an assault, and the said
Hon. George G. Pendleton Is now de-
tanned as aforesaid; therefore be it
Resolved, /. That this House refuses to
waive the privilege of the said George G.
PendletOn as member thereof and that
this House refuse to permit the said Jus
tice OF the Peace to proceed with the trial
of the said Hon. George c, Pendleton,
and that he together with the said
Officer M. V. Crenshaw be instructed and
directed to no longer detain the said
George G. Pendieton, but that he be re-
leased at once that he may attend upon
this House as member thereof.
?. That the said Fritz Tegener, Justice
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officer making such arrest, and the said
II. S. Cantield be required to appear at
the bar of the House at once and answer
why they should not be committed for
contempt aforesaid, and that upon failure
to do so they be committed to imprisOn-
ment for the period of fOrty-eight hours
to purge themselves of said contempt.
8. That the Sergeant ARMS Of this
House be Instructed and empowered to
appoint aod deputize such q number of
assistant sergeants as may be deemed
necessary to carry out these orders and
the process thereof.
Mr.. Johnson made an impassiOned
speech ia support of the resolution, read
ing provisions Of the constitution to sup
port his position. This resolution was
adopted by vote of II to
a resolution was offered by Mr.. Jarrett
to notify the Senate Of the action of the
House, which was voted down.
The Speaker then ordered that q copy
of the resolution be placed in the hands
of the Serge&Dt-at-Arms with Instructions
to Immediately execute the same.
Sergean.-Gt-Arms Carr then proceeded
to execute the orders of the House as di-
reCted in the resolution and arrested the
Justice OF the Peace, Fritz Tegener, NJ.
V. CTenshaw and II. S. Canfald, and
brought them before the bar Of the House
and also produced Speaker Pendleron,
who was greeted with applause. Some
discussion was then had as to what dis
position was to be made with the pris-
uners before the bar Of the House
Some OF the members were in favor Of
granting time to the defendants to con-
suit COUNSEL and prepare defense, others
argued that there were no presidents for
delay in matters of contempt and de-
manded that the prisoners be called upon
TO purge themselves of the contempt now.
A motion to grant time to the prisoners
was lost.
Mr.. Canfeld was then asked to make
statement, which he did by saying that
bis object was to try the constitutionality
of the act of the Doorkeeper in excluding
him from the House and not to
indicate the law in Furnishing q
party for an assault. He said that he had
been given legal advice that Speaker Pen